This is a thoroughly enjoyable slice of pre- Star Wars '70s sci-fi. Now Logan, with the help of Jessica, must escape the only world he has known while being pursued by his best friend Francis 7 ( Richard Jordan), to find out if there really is a Sanctuary and if life is possible outside of the dome and beyond age 30. After the computer changes Logan's life clock to 30, he must now become a Runner. Logan also learns a disturbing truth about the Carousel ritual. The computer assigns Logan the task of finding this Sanctuary and destroying it. Logan takes the ankh pendant to the Sandmen computer, where he learns that it's a symbol for members of a resistance movement who help Runners find "Sanctuary," a world outside the dome where people are allowed to live to old age. Logan meets Jessica 6 ( Jenny Agutter), who is resistant to Logan's sexual advances and wears an "ankh" symbol, a symbol also worn by a Runner Logan had recently stopped and killed. Logan 5 ( Michael York) is a "Sandman," part of an elite squad who are sent to kill "Runners," those who try to escape their fates after turning 30. People live lives of hedonistic leisure, but there's one catch: Upon turning 30, in order to prevent overpopulation, citizens take part in the "Carousel," a ritual in which they're "renewed" on their "Last Day," floating to their exploding deaths in an arena filled with their cheering younger compatriots. In LOGAN'S RUN, the year is 2274, and after environmental devastation, people now live in geodesic domes in a utopian society in which technology meets every need. While there's some entertainment value due to the dated special effects and undeniably 1970s conception of "the future," Logan's Run holds up as an excellent example of a pre- Star Wars science fiction movie that relied more on the story and premise than on a budget larger than the GNPs of most developing countries. There's some sci-fi violence: Laser gun battles, explosions, in addition to the "carousel" ritual that shows citizens who have turned 30 floating into the air before exploding as the attendees below cheer each new explosion. Logan and Jessica pass through the "Love Zone," in which characters are shown engaging in orgies (brief female nudity, breasts).
Shortly after meeting a woman, Logan says to her, "Let's have sex." Logan's friend shows up at his place clearly drunk with a woman on each arm, inviting Logan to join in the revelry. Scenes highlight the fact that "free love" is part of the social order - no dating, marriage, families, parents. Parents need to know that Logan's Run is a 1976 sci-fi movie depicting a futuristic society in which citizens are terminated upon turning 30.
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